Food & Drink

Allergy members - how do you shop for food?

Food & Drink

Posted by: looklively

4th Jun 2014 12:52pm

Can you talk me through how you go about food shopping for yourself or a member of your family that has a food allergy. Do you go to the local supermarket or specialist store? If a supermarket, do you buy from the health food aisle or regular aisles? Do you have to check every ingredient label or do products advertise themselves well enough? Do you have to buy specific foods? Is your food bill more expensive as a result?

monicag8
  • 23rd Feb 2017 08:35am

You don't need to shop at a special health store to be healthy - the supermarket provides all you need in the way of food choice. Dealing with allergies is easy - you just need to find what you are allergic to and avoid it. Most people by large are allergic to wheat, yeast, sugar, peanuts... so what you need to do is shop for fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, meat or eggs, and nuts. It's easy.

healthy spread = honey, nut spread, tahini
healthy bread - make your own with corn flour and eggs
healthy milk = soy, rice milk, almond milk
healthy snack - dips made of chickpeas and lentils, nuts, rice crackers, corn crackers, fruit salad
healthy dinner - steamed/roasted vegetables, fried/oiled egg, raw/steamed salad, potato salad, meat and vegetables, soup
healthy drink = juice, apple cider,


Cancel

Help Caféstudy members by responding to their questions, or ask your own in Café Chat, and you will get the chance of earning extra rewards. Caféstudy will match these and donate equally to our two chosen Australian charities.

Food Bank Australia not only plays a lead role in fighting hunger, but also a vitally important role in tackling Australia’s $20 billion food waste problem and helping the environment.
Australian Marine Conservation Society are an independent charity, staffed by a committed group of scientists, educators and passionate advocates who have defended Australia’s oceans for over 50 years.
ReachOut is the most accessed online mental health service for young people and their parents in Australia. Their trusted self-help information, peer-support program and referral tools save lives by helping young people be well and stay well. The information they offer parents makes it easier for them to help their teenagers, too.